dell stock right now is a bargain.  i don't know why their stock is getting hammered so badly, but whatever - it's a great opportunity to make some money.  microsoft would be a good buy now but i think its long term potential is bleak unless balmer is ousted or gates steps back in to run the show.  if you already own shares it's definitely not a good time to sell.  hold on to this dog a couple more years.  one more tip: buy amazon stock this july and sell in december.  investors seem to get bored of amazon every summer then everyone buys it again in the winter when the hundreds of news reports come out about the growth of online sales and how more and more people will do their christmas shopping online.  yeah everyone should have caught on to this by now but i think there's at least one more year of free money with this trick.  ;)